National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, http://www.nasulgc.org/

The nation's oldest higher education association (founded in 1887), NASULGC monitors and participates in federal and state policies and programs affecting higher education. The University of Washington and Washington State University are both members.

The website includes:

• links to related organizations
• press releases
• publications
• State Watch and Washington Watch sections for monitoring legislative, regulatory, and policy developments

The range of issues in which this association is interested run from affirmative action to urban issues and from appropriations to tuition, with stops for copyright, drinking on campus, financial aid, international education, standardized tests, and teacher preparation.